different between absinthe vs mugwort

English

Alternative forms

• absinth

Etymology

French absinthe, from Latin absinthium, from Ancient Greek ???????? (apsínthion, “wormwood”). Doublet of absinthium.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?æb.s?n?/, /?æb.sæn?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?æb.s?n?/, /?æb.sæ??/

Noun

absinthe (countable and uncountable, plural absinthes)

1. The herb absinthium Artemisia absinthium (grande wormwood); essence of wormwood. [from 1350–1470]
2. (figuratively) Bitterness; sorrow. [from 1350–1470]
3. A distilled, highly alcoholic, anise-flavored liquor originally made from grande wormwood, anise, and other herbs. [from mid 19^th c.]

   Synonym: (colloquial) green fairy
4. (color) A moderate yellow green. [from late 19^th c.]

   Synonym: absinthe green

5. (US) Sagebrush.

Usage notes

• (wormwood): Absinth is the preferred spelling of this sense only.

Derived terms

Translations

References

Further reading

• absinthe on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• enhabits

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin absinthium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ap.s??t/

Noun

absinthe f (plural absinthes)

1. wormwood (Artemisia absinthium)
2. absinthe

   Synonym: fée verte

Descendants

• ? Catalan: absenta
• ? English: absinthe
• ? Norwegian Bokmål: absint
• ? Portuguese: absinto

Further reading

• “absinthe” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
• absinthe on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^fr

English

Wikispecies

Etymology

From Middle English mugwort, mugwyrt, mucgwurt, from Old English mucgwyrt, mucwyrt et al., from Proto-Germanic; probably corresponding to midge +? wort. Cognate with regional Low German muggart, mugwurz.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?m??w??t/

Noun

mugwort (countable and uncountable, plural mugworts)

1. Any of several aromatic plants of the genus Artemisia native to Europe and Asia.
2. Artemisia vulgaris, traditionally used medicinally.
   • 1653, Nicholas Culpeper, The English Physician Enlarged, Folio Society 2007, p. 197:

     Mugwort is with good success put among other herbs that are boiled, for women to sit over the hot decoction to draw down their courses, to help the delivery of the birth and expel the afterbirth, as also for the obstructions and inflammations of the mother.

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• absinthe, artemisia, sagebrush, tarragon, vermouth, wormwood

Middle English

Alternative forms

• mogwort, mogworte, mucgwurt, muggeworte, mugwourth, mugwurt, mugwyrt

Etymology

From Old English mucgwyrt; possibly equivalent to mydge +? wort.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?mu?wurt/

Noun

mugwort (uncountable)

1. wormwood, mugwort (Artemisia vulgaris)

Descendants

• English: mugwort
• Scots: muggart
  • ? Scots: muggins

References

• “mug-wort, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.